Fastest Ball In Cricket, Shoaib Akhtar: Former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar was the fastest bowler of his era. He has bowled the fastest ball in the history of cricket so far. Akhtar had thrown this ball against England 19 years ago i.e. on this day in 2003.
On February 22, 2003, in a match played in the World Cup against England, Akhtar bowled his fastest ball at a speed of 161.3 kmph. Refreshing this memory of Akhtar, ICC has shared a special video.
ICC remembers Akhtar’s fastest ball
In the 2003 World Cup, Akhtar made this record in his name in the match played between Pakistan and England on 22 February at Newlands, Cape Town. Akhtar made this record on the last ball of the fourth over of the innings in this match. Akhtar’s ball was faced by former England batsman Nick Knight. After this ball, the speed of Akhtar’s ball was shown on the big screen. Till now no one has been able to break this record of Akhtar. In this match, England registered a big win by 112 runs.
1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣․2️⃣ MPH!#OnThisDay in 2003, @shoaib100mph broke the 100mph mark against England at the @cricketworldcup, pic.twitter.com/XLkIeCDqBZ
— ICC (@ICC) February 22, 2019
Akhtar’s international career was like this
Shoaib Akhtar has played a total of 46 Tests, 163 ODIs and 15 T20 Internationals for Pakistan in his career. Bowling in 82 innings of Test, he has taken 178 wickets at an average of 25.7. Apart from this, while bowling in 162 ODI innings, Akhtar has taken a total of 247 wickets at an average of 24.98. At the same time, in 15 innings of T20 International, he has taken a total of 19 wickets while bowling. During this, his economy has been 8.15. Akhtar has also played a total of 3 matches of IPL, in which he has taken 5 wickets at an average of 10.8.
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